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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-11


The dining room had been cleared of
its tables and beautifully and profusely
decorated. Around the room were plants
and evergreens. The chandeliers were
handsomely hung with eyergreens and
smilaX, while the south end of the room
was perfect mass of foliage. An i'm
mense American flag was gracefully
Topped in among the flowers. presenting
sight impressive of the grandeur of the
occasion on entering the room. The
great mirror at the north end was ele
gantiy decorated, and amid the garIanGs
of flowers and festoons, was the appro,
pirate inscription Sweet Charity" in
pink roses on green gauze drapery.
Bleuer's Rock Island orchestra and
Strasser's orchestra of Davenport were
atiOned GA elevated platforms at the
southwest and southeast corners Of the
hall, anil played alternately, so that there
was scarcely minute that the delightful
strains Of music were rot heard.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

STRIKERS made an attempt TO blow up coal
shaft at Davidson, Pa, with dynamite while
four men were at work. The charge of dyna-
mite was thrown down the shaft and exploded
without injuring the men, although the sides
of the shaft were damaged.
The coinage at the Iited States minis last
month was s4,SJ2, 515 of which s2,9oo,0C0
was standard silver dollars.
The general tenor of spring-wheat reports
from the Northwest Is very favorable since
the recent rains in that section.
SEVERAL Of the Big insurance companies OF
New York have suffered severely by the recent
great fires in New YORK, and some OF them
may be obliged to pass dividends.
The pu oilers employed at the National
Rolling Mill, McKeesport, Pa, struck for 10
per cent advance in wages, and the pudding
department mas been closed down. Several
hundred men are Idle
OFFICIAL report has been made to the ex-
ecutive board of ths Knights of Labor de-
claring the strike in the coke region Illegal,
recomm ending that thu Knights return to
work, and sustaining the award Of the umT ire
A CHARLESTON (W Va telegram says:
~The labor act, passed by the recent Legsla-
ture, requ ring operators TO pay of every two
weeks instead of motthly took effect June /.
The operators Of the Kanawha and New River
coal Districts refused to comply with its re-
quirements, and about 900 miners have quit
in these districts The operators will test the
consttutonality of the new measure
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The following named places in the West
and Southwest having attained population of
10000, or their postoffces having returned a
revenue of $1,000 or over, the free-dehvery
system will he extended to them on July /:
Illinois-Beleville Cairo. Danville, Engle-
wood, jacksonville Moline, Ottawa.
Indiana -Elkhart Losansport, New Albany,
Nincennes.
Iowa-Clinton. Marshalltown, Muscatine, Wa
terloo
Kansas-Emporia, Fort Scott Winfield, wyan-
dotte.
Kentucky-Frankfort, Paducah.
Michigan - Adrian Ann Arbor, Muskegon,
Saginaw.
Nississippi-Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg
Montana Territorv-Helena.
Ohio-Hamilton, Lima, Newark, Portsmouth,
Steubenville Wooster, Xenia.
Oregon-Saleln.
Texas-El Paso.
West MISUNDERSTANDING.
HE commercial agent at New Caledonia
South Pacific Ocean, has reported to the De-
partment of State at Washington that con-
victs in that colony are being liberated with
the understanding that they must not
settle in any English or French colony, aud as
a consequence the majority of them are going
to San Francisco. He says that proposition
il now before the local parliament to vote
II eco for landing in San Francisco all the
worst of these men, as they will not be re-
eeived in Tahiti or elsewhere The French
Government he also says, is Offering sub
sidy OF f12o per month for steamer to run
between Neoume and Tahiti, and thence to
san Francisco, for the purpose of assisting
these immigrants 10 America
JOHN n. OLIVER, whom President Cleveland
removed from the position of justice OF the
peace for the District of Columbia last April,
has refused TO surrender his office to Gen
Johu Evans, who was appointed 10 sue
coed him, says Washington dis
patch. Mr.. Oliver, IN letters TO the
President and the Attorney General, denies
the right of the President TO remove him, and
claims that such removal can be effected only
for cause and then by the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia after due notice He
also requests that the order Of removal hesre-
moved and the case be referred TO the court
named for trial The Attorney General in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE POLITICAL FIELD.

ACCORDING to the dispatches from Washing
ton President Cleveland is making plans for
an extensive Western trip this summer:
There is every reason TO believe that the
promise which the President recently made TO
the ST. Louis delegates that he would if he
could, visit their city next fall will be kept,
ana that the visit 10 that city will only be a
comparatively small feature Of q great and ex-
tensive trip which he has been planning and
the arrangements for which will be consum-
mated on his return TO the White House. The
President has never been IN the West. but
he has made up his mind of late that
litical advantage TO make an elaborate journey
this year His wife has persuaded him to do SO
as a matter of pleasure, and several Democratic
politicians, chief among whom is Postmaster
General Villas, hav- urged him 10 do SO. 1t was
on the contemplation OF such a trip as this that
Mr.. Cleveland made his promise TO the ST Louis
delegation. The fact is that he intends to 60 Il
great deal farther in the direction Of the setting
of the sun than St Louis. II the President can
make his arrangements he will leave in the
first week of August, and will probably remain
away until the first OF October. He will travel
in Il special car containing the members of his
immediate household and two or three Cabinet
officers. The intention is TO go clear across the
continent TO the Pacific coast The President is
curious 70 explore the Territories along the line
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and 1t is now
OF his plan TO GO as far as Portland Oregon.
IL is probable that in going and coming
on the long two months journey the Presi-
dent and his party will visit Philadelphia,
Pittsburg Chicago, st. Paul, possibly Portland
and San Francisco Omaha, st. Louis LOWS
Vile and Cincinnati The President is deter
mined that this journey shall be made entirely
ut his personal expense. He does not intend
to accept any favors, but will pay for every
thing he gets in the way of transportation and
personal service. The trip will cost him not
less than g. 500 for the sixty days over which il
will extend. A leading member Of the admin
istration said that the President is anxious TO
know more about his country than he does, and
that he often finds his imperfect knowledge in
this respect source of embarrassment He
has also been moved to make the journey in
order to crafty his wfe's love of travel He
fears, however, that the South will be jealous
OF the fact that Democratic President has
gone into the West instead of spending more OF
his time in the Southern States.
A SARANAC LAKE N. " dispatch of Satur-
day says: "The President when asked about
story that he intended 10 make an extended
Western tour this summer, said he was glad
to learn that he was con emplating possible
visit to Alaska. He had never heard of it be-
fora
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

PITTSBURGH iron and steel manufacturers
will appeal TO the Interstate Commerce Com
mission from the classification Of certain
specialties made by the Trunk-Line Commits
sion at a recent meeting held in New York
T. II. Barrett, President of the State Farm
ers' Alliance of Minnesota, transmits to the
Commission a long list of requests by the
Executive Committee OF the Alliance, looking
TO vigorous enforcement of the interstate
commerce law. especially that part re-
latng TO the long and short haul
The Alliance takes the ground shat
such business interests "a can be sus-
tanned only by reason of the suspension of
the fourth section ought not to be sustained at
all II is better that the business of the coun-
try be left TO the natural law of trade than
that a few favored persons in certain places
should be able to organize and carry on colos-
sal enterprises because of advantages in the
use of the railways of the country" A COM
plant has also been received from William H.
Council, colored, directed against the Western
and Atlantic Railroad Company, in which he
AYERS that on account of his color he was
forcibly elected from a frst-class car after
having paid for frst-class ticket He asks
that the commission award him s25 600 dam
ages and such other relief as il may deem
proper.
THERE are we'll founded rumors that the
Inters ate Commerce Commission will inter
pref the law under which il acts as permitting
roads to make special rates at points where
there is water competition The expression
in the law, @under substantially similar cir
cumstances and conditions" will, it is be-
lieved, be construed to permit this reduction
of rates at these competing points on the
theory that the circumstances and conditions"
there are not substantially similar" TO those
at places where there is no competition by a
class of carriers not subject to this law
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE WESTERN STATES

IRE trial of Finley J. Hoke, the embezzling
bank official OF Peoria, ILL.,, ended Wednes-
day in verdict of guilty, the punishment be-
ing fixed at five years imprisonment An
appeal will, of course, he taken. Hoke
was for years tine trusted book-keeper of
the Merchants National Bank in Peoria.
In May, 1856, lie fed The Directors dis
covercI that by forgery OF drafts and false
entries in the books he had robbed the bank OF
nearly slS0,0O0 within s2o, 90 of the capital
stock of the institution The bank suspended,
but the deficiency was made up and business
was resumed In October Hoke was found in
Montreal The necessary papers were pro-
cured aud Hoke was arrested. He opposed
eXtradtion by every legal means and tried to
bride the officers to allow him 10 escape. Aft
er the case had gone through all the Canadian
courts an extradltion warrant was issued and
Hoke was started for Peoria February l last
LATER reports from Eckhert Ind, where
the Davis boys were lynched for abducting
ard brutally assauIting Miss Flanagan, say
that William Kellam, father-in-law of one of
the Davis boys, was lynched at the same time
1t is also reported that the mob went to the
house of Mrs. Emlow, the mother of the Davis
boys, aad dragged away Andrew Emlow, a
younger son of the old woman. His body has
not been found, and the lynchers will not tell
what was done with him. Miss Flanagan is
recovering
A DISPATCH from Corydon, Ind, states that
a woman named Lynch and her daughter
Mary were taken from their house by twenty
five masked men, strapped, and whipped until
they tainted Mrs Lynch, who, it is explained,
"bears very bad reputation, was about to
become a mother, and the whipping will prob
ably cause her death
A SEVERE earthquake rocked portions of
Northern California and Western Nevada early
Friday morning. Fssures formed in the earth,
and in some instances plaster fell from walls
The disturbance was heavy at Sacramento and
Carson City, AMI reports are current that the
hot springs are dried up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
Biographical.

William Almon Wheeler was born in Malone
y. Y. June 3 1919. Fitting for college mt the
age OF 10 he entered the University of Vermont
at Burlington. but was unable for lack Of means
at the end of his sophomore year. Upon re-
tirement from college the future Vice President
studied law in his native town, and at the age OF
% was admitted TO the bar. His first Office Of
trust was Town Clerk of Malone. TO which posi-
ton he was elected while preparing for the bar.
He was. during the same period, elected School
Commissioner and Inspector Of Schools by the
Wings of the county.
Soon after the adoption OF the State Constitu-
ton of 1876 Mr.. Wheeler was nominated by the
Wings for the Office OF District Attorney Of the
county and elected. In lSi9, and again in 1850,
he was sent To the Legislature as u Wing TO
represent the county in the lower House. On
returning from the Legislature Mr. Wheeler
gave up the practice OF law and accepted the
position OF cashier or the Malone Bank. This
position he held from lsjl TO 1865. In 1859 and 1860
he served as member OF the State Senate and
was chosen President pro TEN. of that body.
In 1850, upon his retirement from the State Sem
ate. he was chosen to represent in Congress-, as
a Republican, Silas Wrights old district. After
serving one term he again retired TO private
life. In 1867 he was again called into the public
service. this time the Representative of his
district in the State Constitutional Convention
held in that year.
In 1868 Mr.. Wheeler was returned TO Congre IS
by his old district, and was thrice reelected.
practically without opposition. During these
eight years of Congressional life he served upon
the important Committees Of Appropriations,
Southern Affairs Pacific Railroads. and Conn.,
merce beirg Chairman OF the two last named.
In the Cincinnati Convention of 1876 Mr..
Wheeler received the ballots Of the Massachu-
sets delegation for the nomination TO the Presi-
dency. After the nomination of Hayes he was
put in nomination for the Vice Presidency.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08

By directions from the Vatican, high mass
will be celebrated in the Catholic churches Of
England in honor OF the Queens jubilee.
Ten persons were killed and much property
destroyed by landslide ON the Spitzen Noun
tain, Switzerland.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH and Emperor
William are to meet at Gastein this year.
The evictions at Bolyke, Ireland. continue
Conflicts between the people and the officers
occur daily.
La FRANCE declares that the number of
lives actually lost in the Theatre Comique fire
at Paris exceeds 200, and accuses the authori-
ties Of keeping the real facts from the public
IN response to a circular of inquiry sent
1000 representative members" of the Wes-
leyan Church in England, 60 per cent de-
clared themselves opposed to the coercion
bill A large proportion of the minority also
stated that they did not approve of the meas
ure, although they refused to sign a remon-
STRANGE against il in their capacity Of church
members There is no doubt that the great
bulk of the @dissenters" in England adhere to
Gladstone on the Irish question The Gov
ernments support comes mainly from the Es-
tablished Church
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

FIVE THOUSAND Chinese left Hong Kong for
America during March and April, fearing that
the new treaty OF DENLY would curtaii them
Of some OF their privileges
THE London Times, III its latest attack on
Parnel, alleges that the Feniau Brotherhood,
under the guise of call for money to make a
pyrotechnic display in honor of the Queens
jubilee, in reality contemplate a series of dyna-
mite and incendiary outrsges 1t is minated
that Parnell is cognizant of this plot
CONFLICTS between socialists and police are
reported from Belgium. Numerous arrests
were made
A FIRE at Hamburg, Germany, destroyed
the Huebener quays and several vessels that
were lying at the docks. The loss will aggre-
gate several million marks.
WHOLESALE evictions are again reported
from Bodyke, Ireland
TERRIBLE plague Of locusts has visited the
central portion Of Spain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
WEEKLY BUDGET.
TIE EASTERN STATES.

The Hitchcock Manufacturing Works AT
Cortland, n Y, were partly wrecked by a
boiler explosion. One maa was killed, and a
half dozsn others wounded
PROFESSOR CHARLES SIEDHoRF and his wife,
Matilda. aged ~ aud %, firing OF their strug-
gle with restitution, committed suicide at
Union Hill, n. j., by taking cyanide Of potas-
stun.
LEBANON PA special reports a terrible
tragedy at the neighboring town of Annville.
William Showers lived in a small frame cot
tage in the outskirts OF the town He had
with hun two boys, William and Samuel Hon-
nagle, aged . and 3 years, respectively, the
sons OF deceased daughter. Showers was
engaged TO be married 10 a woman Of the
neighborhood, who made condition that be-
fore the marriage took place the children
should be got rid of by placing them in
charge of some other person. Two weeks ago
the boys disappeared and the neighbors, sus-
pect.ng that Showers had made away with
them, had him arrested HIS premises were
searched on Tuesday, and his garden dug up,
when the bodies were found in shallow
graves in two feet of ground, with ropes tied
tightly around their necks and their heads
battered in They had been strangled to
death and their bodies then mutilated
Showers has confessed his crime and there
are threats of lynching. The entire crime is
most revolving.
THa President and Mrs. Cleveland cele-
brated the first anniversary of their wedding
by going a-fshing on Saranac lake on the I'd
of June. They will spend several days at
Albany on Their return to Washington, the
guests of Governor Hill
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
WELSH HONOR TO GLADSTONE.

a Hundred Thousand Men Turn Out i'm
Procession-An Address by the Grand
Old Man.
A MONSTER process sion in honor of Mr.. Glad
stone was held at Swansea, Wales. Mr.. Glad
stone, with prominent Liberals of Wales,
occupied special stand from which no
reviewed the parade. One hundred thousand
We shmen, wearing rosettes and bear
ing banners, and accompanied by
numerous bands, marched past the
stand. Cannon were fired and the greatest
enthusiasm prevailed After the men all
passed they massed TO hear Nh Gladstone,
who spoke for an hour. He said the waste of
time in the House of Commons was due TO the
fact that the coercion bill was badly framed,
badly conducted, and was wanting the basis
of facts 1t was extravagant and insidious
in its objects, and totally mismanaged, as well
az misconceived Lord Salisbury's COM
plant of obstruction was unmanly and
effeminate. 1t fatgued the Conservatives be-
cause they were not given longer Whitsun-
tide holiday. He warned them that they would
be even more tired, for it would be impossi-
BILE to permanently govern Ireland ooercively
in the light of the day and in the atmosphere
of freedom
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The boiler in an elevator at Huntington, W.
Va. exploded Monday killing three men and
injuring many others.
RICH gold fields are said to have been dis
covered near Golden City, Ark, the quartz
showing from s36 to $50 per ton.
A GALVESTON dispatch says the record Of
the rainfall for May throughout the cotton
belt of Texas, as compiled from signal-ser-
vice reports. shows more satisfactory con-
dition of affairs than on May /. The mean
precipitation over agricultural Texas for May
was IS inches, which is about one inch less
than the average during the past five years
Eastern Texas and these sections, as con-
sequence, report most favorable outlook for
ootto.,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
The Ex-Vice President Passes
Away After a Protracted
illness.
Brief Biographical Sketch and Por-
trait of the Deceased
Statesman.

Hon. William A. Wheeler. ex-Vice Pres
ident of the United States. died at his home
in Malone, n. y, on Friday, the Sd day Of
June. Mr.. Wheeler had been slowly fail
ing through the last five or six years. until
last winter, when the progress of the dis
ease became more rapid, and his physician
and friends began to fear the approach of
the end. On the night of March 3 he was
seized with chills, followed by sinking
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Eight Men Instantly Killed by "a Dynamite
Explosion In Pennsylvania.


Explosion In Pennsylvania.
EIGHT men were instantly killed aud one
badly injured by premature explosion Of
dynamite at the Cambria Iron Company's
stone quarries in Birmingham, Pa. Two Of
the victims were Italians All the others were
Americans. Only one man of the entire nine
at work survived Preparations had been
made for a big blast, six kegs of powder hav-
ing been used in filling the holes. The fuse
was attached and lighted, and partial ex-
plosion took place. Thinking that the pow
der had all been burned the men went to work
boring, refilling and tamping the holes to get
ready for another blast. Suddenly, and with
out warning, thunderous boom was heard
and was Immediately followed by
the fall Of great mass of
rock Death and CONSERVATION were the
results. Headless and dismembered dead,
horribly mangled and dying. lay scattered
about on top and beneath the rocks in the
ouarrv
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08

The Government has ordered the Key West
mails fumigated in Florida before being sent
North, 10 guard against the spread Of yellow
fever.
JACOB DNGMAS, Of Butler. Mo, has been
allowed pension. He served in Company I,
Gath Iowa, is totally blind, and his application
had been pending for tertyears. He viii draw
s12,4 to date.
GEN CARSAHAN, Chairman Of the Republi-
can Central Committee of Indianapolis, was
arrested on an indictment mixing him up with
the late election frauds He gave bail
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
A DAYS DOINGS.
Eventful Happenings In Every Hem
isphere, AS Transmitted by
Telegraph.
Political. Social, Financial, Commercial,
Industrial Criminal and Other
News.
THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
BOLD BANDITS.

Texas Frecbooters Rob the Express and
Mail Oars of Train In the suburbs of
Fort Worth.
Four masked robbers captured Texas and
Pacific express train near Fort Worth and
rifel the express car. About 81, 600 is sup
posed to have been stolen. Fort Worth
special gives the following particulars Of the
affair:
Mr.. Marsh. the express messenger, was inter
viewed. He says that at As the train was
stopped suddenly on the trestle at Brushy
creek. eight miles west. he threw open the
door to see what was up, and found four rob-
bers guarding the engineer and fireman.
Advancing to his car they threw their pistols
down him and called out: Up with
your hands," A man who appeared TO be the
leader, aud who was at least six feet tall,
jumped into the car and said he wanted all the
money he had--every cent OF it, Marsh was
making up this run for delivery at Fort Worth,
and told the robber that he had the drop on
him and could take all there was. The robber
and With the other took what he found in the
safe and transferred il TO the sack. He de-
manded of the messenger whether that was the
extent If the valuables on board, and Marsh
answered that he had il all The messenger
Jocularly asked for n cigar, and the robber said
he had none with him. Jumping out of the car,
the robber and hfs three associates went TO the
Innl-cGr, in charge of Mail Agent Skiles, and the
leader jumping into the car. ordered Skiles
Z give him the registered matter. Three pack
aces were handed out. After the mail-car WAS
through with, the robbers jumped out and the
four, ordering the engineer and fireman 70 the
cab, told them to go on, and ID fast too.
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his reply held that this method Of appointing
and removing justices of the peace was
changed by a subsequent enactment and that
the President has acted wholly in accordance
with the law. II is probable that the courts
will have TO settle the matter
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08
WILLIAM O'BRIEN.
The Brave Irish Editor Who Bas Been
Stirring Up the Animals"
in Canada.

William O'Brien, the Irish editor to whom
the Canadian mobs have lately been devoting
themselves. is man under forty years of age.
He was born in the town of Mallow, and is the
last Of a family of which all the other members
died of consumption. In person he is slight and
delicate, with reddish hair and pale complex
ion. He received college education,